Newsletter, October 16th
Dear Grads,
I hope you are all doing well and are waiting patiently while the mountains hopefully quickly fill with white fluff – I might be making a divisive point but Fall is the worst. We have been keeping pretty busy at the GSS from filling up committees (watch out for an email shortly), the upcoming election, over COVID19 support, and approaching director elections.
GSS Director Elections Nominations are now open: Four director positions are available: Director of Academic Relations, Director of Access & Equity, Director of Finance and Director of Stuent Life. The deadline for nominations is October 29th. – READ ME
Get out and vote: Graduate Student Societies of British Columbia press release on increased graduate student support from government – READ ME; more information on mail-in ballots
October Council: Please find the summary for our latest council meeting here – READ ME
COVID-19 Childcare Survey (10min!) – ends October 23rd: The GSS wants to help grad students with children. Help guide our efforts and enter to to win a 50$ gift card: SURVEY
Join ScienceAbroad – a network of Isreali Scientists abroad: this non-profit means to connect researchers at all stages of career. READ ME
We are re-vamping out web-presence and are looking for a capable webdesigner – sound like you are a friend? APPLY
SFU Public Square & Department of Political Science U.S. Election Event: What’s at Stake – The 2020 U.S. Election. October 28, 2020. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Hope you are all doing well and feel free to get in touch at any time!
Cheers, Lucian
Contact the GSS General Inquiries Advocate
Mo-Fr: 9:00am – 4:00pm info@sfugradsociety.ca advocacy@sfugradsociety.ca
MBC 2203 778-782-3899 778-782-9412